{"id":43668,"date":"2025-08-05T13:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43668"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:05:37","slug":"listed-places-of-worship-grant-scheme-parliamentary-cms-committee-calls-for-permanent-funding-and-removal-of-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43668","title":{"rendered":"Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Parliamentary CMS Committee calls for permanent funding and removal of cap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/vat_image.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/vat_image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29515\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CMS Committee is calling on the Government to make permanent the scheme which allows historic places of worship to reclaim VAT on the cost of repairs and refurbishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CMS Committee&nbsp; writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to Heritage Minister Baroness Twycross on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, the Committee also calls for the removal of the \u00a325,000 cap on individual claims and for the Government to review the scheme\u2019s overall budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/oralevidence\/16335\/pdf\/\">took evidence<\/a>\u2026 as part of its protecting built heritage inquiry on the challenges religious communities encounter when maintaining churches and other buildings. The Church of England told the Committee of the risk to refurbishment projects given the uncertainty over the scheme\u2019s future beyond March next year, with the introduction of the cap in January further adding to instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chair comment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chair of the CMS Committee, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, said: \u2018The scheme is welcome recognition of the role of churches and their contribution to our heritage, but without certainty over its future many repair and refurbishment projects are at risk of never getting off the ground. The Government needs to commit to the scheme by making it a permanent source of support and by lifting the cap, so historic places of worship can concentrate on the important work they do in our communities.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/378\/culture-media-and-sport-committee\/news\/208666\/listed-places-of-worship-grant-scheme-mps-call-for-permanent-funding-and-removal-of-cap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more background see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/publications\/49047\/documents\/257714\/default\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the letter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/8742\/protecting-built-heritage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inquiry: Protecting built heritage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/378\/culture-media-and-sport-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culture, Media and Sport Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CMS Committee is calling on the Government to make permanent the scheme which allows historic places of worship to reclaim VAT on the cost of repairs and refurbishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,18,72,9,29,469,263],"class_list":["post-43668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-economics","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-tax","tag-vat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43669,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43668\/revisions\/43669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}